The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's)

Armorial Description

Within a wreath of thistles on an outline of a maple leaf a leopards head full face, on a wreath an annulus inscribed ARGYLL AND SUTHERLAND CANADA; the Crown is superimposed at the top of the annulus, and reflexed over and under the base of the annulus a scroll bearing the motto ALBAINN GU BRATH.

Official Abbreviation: A & SH of C

Motto: Albainn Gu Brath (Scotland forever)

Battle Honours (34)

First World War

Second World War

Regimental Headquarters:
200 James Street North
Hamilton, Ontario
L8R 2L1

Order of Precedence: 33

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Today in Military History

April 4

1848:

8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise's): Regi Patriaeque Fidelis

1916:

Canadian soldiers relieve British troops on the Western Front at St. Eloi. By daybreak the troops will come under heavy German artillery which will decimate their packed ranks.

1918:

Battle of the AVRE

1942:

Squadron Leader L.J. Birchall and his crew, flying a PBY-5 flying boat, spot a Japanese naval force heading for the island of Ceylon. Their warning allowed the island's defenders to prepare for the Japanese attempt to take the island, an attack which fail

1945:

11 Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry soldiers killed in action liberating Zutphen, Netherlands.

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